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Subject:Ruled by the Thumb From:"Callaghan, Dennis V." <dcallaghan -at- SUNGARD -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:44:42 EST
TECHWR-Lers,
This discussion of the origins of "rule of thumb" is fascinating, but
can somebody just get an authoritative dictionary of cliches (mine's
at home and I'm at work), THUMB through it, and settle this debate
once and for all?
- Dennis Callaghan
SunGard Capital Markets Inc.
Philadelphia, Pa.
dcallaghan -at- sungard -dot- com
P.S. - My apologies if this sparks a new thread on how authoritative
dictionaries really are.
